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Amend CSHB 9 (committee printing) by striking all below the
enacting clause and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 169 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 169. SMOKING PROHIBITED; SALE OF CERTAIN TOBACCO PRODUCTS
PROHIBITED
Sec. 169.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Smoke" means to inhale, exhale, burn, or carry a
lighted tobacco product in any manner.
(2) "Tobacco product" means a cigar, cigarette, or
smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug-cut, crimp-cut,
ready-rubbed, and any form of tobacco suitable for smoking in a pipe
or as a cigarette.
Sec. 169.002. SMOKING PROHIBITED. A person may not smoke in
this state.
Sec. 169.003. SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED. A
person may not sell a tobacco product in this state.
Sec. 169.004. OFFENSES; PENALTIES. A person who violates
Sections 169.002 or 169.003 commits an offense. An offense under
this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.